When the world has a better definition of what virginity is, maybe we’re having the wrong conversation.
Fear of rejection is a huge reason for not putting ourselves out there on the market, but why? There is more at play in dating than flirty winks and nods. Under the surface lie other issues that drive us, namely self-worth and acceptance, and Scripture has a lot to say about these things.
The human factor in spirituality is constantly causing us to look back upon better, easier, simpler days. Unity depends upon our individual willingness to open up to and lean upon one another.
What can you offer a child like Kato Grace? What can you offer a child who leads a life that is not only completely unaccounted for, i.e. an orphan, but who is even forgotten and ignored among his peers because he has special needs?
Admitting that we might not feel, might not believe, this faith, which many of us have professed as long as we can remember, is not generally discussed at church. Yet, the feelings associated with these inner doubts – guilt, shame, pride, fear, inadequacy – run the gamut and must be addressed. When dealt with, doubt is of the greatest of spiritual blessings. It purifies the soul, calls us to leave the carnality of religion, and embrace the essence of faith.